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Rakeysh Mehra and Sonam Kapoor to Work Together Third Time

Director
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has plans to cast Sonam Kapoor in his next project.
This is going to be the third association between actress Sonam Kapoor and film
maker Rakeysh Mehra.

The
movie is going to be a period movie and would be a love story. The film would
be titled ‘Mirza Sahiban’. “We’re working on the script, trying to polish it as
much as we can. But yes, that’s my next one.” says Rakeysh. In this movie Sonam
will play the lead character and she will be seen in a substantial role unlike
her earlier roles in Rakeysh’s films. Rakeysh said that the actress was
destined for bigger things.

Sonam
appeared in Rakeysh’s directed movies viz. ‘Delhi 6’ and ‘Bhag Milkha Bhag’. In
both of these movies, the actress had little to offer. Both the movies were
male protagonist movies. This is the reason for Rakeysh to cast her one more
time. He feels that the actress has lots of potential but she didn’t get
opportunity to unleash them in his movies.

‘Bhag
Milkha Bhag’ is releasing today and Sonam, who appeared in a cameo, he is quite
satisfied with her acting. She was happy to do a small but impactful role.

Rakeysh
said, “Sonam, like everyone else got associated with ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’because she believed in it. I mean, look at the man. We grew
up reading about Milkha Singh. Stories about him are part of
folklore. Sonam knew it was not a lengthy role. But she knew her role
would have an impact.”

Sonam
said, “I just felt like I was doing a service to my country. It was a service
to all the sports people out there. I feel that sports has not been given the
right kind of push it should get. This will encourage sportsmen and it will
help people to take up sports.”

Sonam
added, “I have a 15 to 20 minutes role, but I feel like I'm blessed to be a
part of it.”

Even
director Rakeysh Mehra appeared in a cameo in ‘Bhag Milkha Bhag’. There is a
scene in the movie when Milkha Singh (Farhan Akhtar) flies for the first time
and he gets panicked. Rakeysh (pilot of the aeroplane) comes out of cockpit and
pacifies Milkha. When asked about his acting, Rakeysh laughed and said, “Nobody
noticed but I was also in the last scene of ‘Rang De Basanti’as young Bhagat
Singh’s father.”